Fantasy Baseball Top 250 Keeper Rankings

With the 2016 MLB Season rapidly approaching I've turn my attention to updating my Keeper Rankings. If you want to see how I value each player and determine their value, feel free to go back and look at my past Rankings for more information. For this edition of my Keeper Rankings I want to talk a little bit about patience.

According to the Cambridge English Dictionary patience can be defined as, "the ​ability to ​accept ​delay, ​suffering, or ​annoyance without ​complaining or ​becoming ​angry."

With that in mind I'd like to focus on a few prospects that are on the cusp of making an impact in the Fantasy Baseball world. High-end prospects Julio Urias, Lucas Giolito, Tyler Glasnow, Jose Berrios, Robert Stephenson, Yoan Moncada, Aaron Judge, Trea Turner, J.P. Crawford and Alex Jackson all have elite upside but are all in different situations. Julio Urias (19 years old), Yoan Moncada (20 years old) and Alex Jackson (20 years old) are all three in a situation where they aren't necessarily needed at the Big League level this year; which means their Fantasy value won't be as high in 2016 as it will in the years to come. Others like Tyler Glasnow, Jose Berrios, Aaron Judge, J.P. Crawford and Trea Turner could see time in the Bigs this season as they'd all potentially fill holes in their respective teams' lineups or rotations.

Then you have Lucas Giolito and Robert Stephenson; two Pitchers that are ready for the Majors but might not get there this season for different reasons. The Nationals already have a solid rotation so promoting Giolito right now would only hurt the franchise in terms of starting his arbitration clock early. As for Stephenson, the Reds are currently rebuilding so placing an elite prospect in a bad situation could end up having a mental affect on a young man and his mind. In both of these cases, patience will be key for everyone involved including Fantasy owners.

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Even though all ten of these prospects are on their way to certain stardom, they're all going to have to take different paths to get there. As a Fantasy Baseball owner it's up to you to have the patience needed to hold onto these prospects with the hopes that their long-term value will outweigh any short-term asset you'd acquire by moving them in the near future.

My Rankings are based on a combination of: current value, future value, trade value, age, several batting splits and trends, position versatility, power and ability to stay healthy over the course of a career. My Keeper Rankings are based on my perception of a player's Fantasy value over the next three-to-five years.